1. Matthew McAbee
(409)527-1610
mpmcabee@yahoo.com
Designer III (Civil/Structural)
Career Synopsis
A Civil/Structural Designer with over 10 years of experience in Designing and Retro Fitting Pipe
Racks,
Fin-Fan structures, Miscellaneous Pipe Supports, Equipment and Personnel Platforms, Walk Ways, Tower
and Vessel Foundations, Pipe Rack Foundations, Switch Rack Foundations, Transformer Foundations, and
Platform Foundations. Also Experienced in Designing Storage Tank Containment Levees, Sight Drainage,
Storm and Oily Water Drainage Systems.
Professional Experience
Civil/Structural Designer III
Richard Design Services Inc.: Responsible for … Design and Detailing of
Miscellaneous Pipe Support Steel Structures and Foundations, Design and
Detailing of Valve Boxes to Accommodate New Piping tie in to Existing
Underground Piping. Design and Detailing of a Valve Access Platform and
Miscellaneous Pipe Support Steel and Foundations in an Existing Pump
House. Design and Detailing New Access Driveways for Existing Tank Levee
Containment over new Piping runs. Design and Detailing of Underground
Pipe Trenching Plans and Sections. Modification of Existing Stair Stile to
accommodate new Piping locations. All Design formatting is based on Plant
Coordinates. Detailing includes creation of Area Key Location Plans, Sections
and Details.
Representative Projects:
 Total Par – 3D Design, layout and detailing of new pipe rack steel and
foundations, Design layout and detailing of new access platform, design and
detailing of retro fit on an existing stair stile using Cadworx 2013.
Civil/Structural Designer II
3D model design to correlate with Piping department 3D models. Detail
design to include creation and completion of area Key Location Plans,
Sections & Details, and Standard Connection Details.
Representative Projects:
Years of Expe
rience: C/S Design: 10
Survey: 2
Industries:
Petro Chemical/Natural
Gas
Marine
Units:
HPICISOButane, North
Storage Brine Degasser,
Frick Compressor
Upgrade, AVU 146
Revamp, HCU expansion,
Sulfur Recovery Unit, Oil
Kearl Plant 1 Extraction,
InternationalPower, GFU
243/241 Revamp,
SRU/TGTU,
Clients:
Valero, Sunoco,
Enterprise, Targa,
Imperial Oil, Petrotren,
Flint Hills, Total, R&R
Marine
Software Applications:
Autocad,Cadworx, Tekla,
LMF Laser Scan

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 HPIC ISOBUTANE –3D Design & Drawing Detailing the installation of a Fin Fan Platform on top of an
existing Pipe rack.
 North Storage Brine Degasser – 3D Design of New Steel Structure to support 52-inch diameter Brine
suction line, Brine Tower Foundation and Tower Platforms & Ladders.
 Frick Compressor Upgrade- 3D Design of 2 Fin Fan Platforms over existing Pipe Racks.
Civil/Structural Designer III
3D model Design & Detail Drawing of Pipe Rack over Builds and Retro Fitting of existing Concrete Pipe
Rack.
Representative Projects:
 West Custody – 3D design & Detail Drawing of Steel Retrofit over existing Concrete Pipe Rack.
 North-South Brine Pit Pipe Rack – 3D design & Detail Drawing of Steel Retrofit over existing Pipe Rack.
 East-West Brine Pit Sleeper Rack – 3D design & Detail Drawing of Steel Retrofit over existing Sleeper
Rack
Civil/Structural Designer II
Responsible for …3D modeling and Detail Drawing using Tekla & Autocad.
Representative Projects:
 AVU146 Revamp – 3D design & Detail Drawing of Steel Supports routing on top of existing Steel
Structures.
 HCU Expansion – Retrofitting Design of Unified Project Unit to fit inside of existing Battery Limits.
Civil/Structural Designer II
Responsible for …3D modeling and Detail Drawing using Tekla & Autocad.
Representative Projects:
 Kearl Plant #1 Extraction – 3D design & Detail Drawing of Steel Electrical Support and associated
Foundations. 3D modeling and Drawing Schedule creation of Underground Pile Locations.
 Flint Hills Resources #3 – 3D Design @ Detailing of Heat Exchanger Foundations, Tower Foundations,
MCC building Foundations and area Storm Water and Oily Water drainage.

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Designer II
Responsible for …Design and Drawing Detail to Retrofit Larger Soot Blowers inside of an existing Coal
fueled Power Generation Plant. Taking 2D drawings and creating Material Take Offs and creating CNC files
for Plasma and Torch cutting CNC tables for Marine repair & construction.
Representative Projects:
 International Power - Design and Drawing Detail to Retrofit Larger Soot Blowers inside of an existing
Coal fueled Power Generation Plant.
 R&R Marine - Taking 2D drawings and creating Material Take Offs and creating CNC files for Plasma
and Torch cutting CNC tables for Marine repair & construction.